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Pollitt 2nd in 110m hurdles at Penn Relays

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PHILADELPHIA â For the second straight year, standout hurdlers Wayne Davis II and Donald Pollitt went head to head at the Penn Relays. And, for the second straight time, Davis came out on top.

The Texas A&M senior and defending NCAA 110-meter hurdles outdoors champion clocked a 13.50 Saturday to edge Pollitt (13.73) for his second consecutive Penn Relays championship. Pollitt finished with a silver medal for a second year in a row. Pollitt's Syracuse University teammate, Freddie Crittenden finished a close third in 13.89.

"I felt really good going into the race, defending the title," Davis said. "From the fourth or fifth step I thought I was in the lead. When I went over the first hurdle, I said to myself that if I went over all of them like this I would definitely win."

Pollitt, a junior at Syracuse and a 2011 Hazleton Area High School graduate, bettered his time from a year ago (13.85) at Franklin Field but was unable to unseat Davis, a Raleigh, N.C. resident who represented Trinidad & Tobago at the 2012 London Olympics and reached the Olympic semifinals. Davis owns the second-fastest time in NCAA Championships history (13.14), trailing only hurdles record-holder Renaldo Nehemiah (12.91 in 1979).

The two will likely see one another again at this year's NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, set for June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore. Last spring Davis won the NCAA 110-meter hurdles championship while Pollitt placed sixth to earn All-America honors. Pollitt was also an All-American in the 60-meter hurdles during the 2014 indoor season in March, placing 12th. Davis finished third in that race.

In high school small school action at the Penn Relays Saturday, Marian's boys 1600-meter relay team finished 11th out of 12 teams in their 10:30 a.m. heat. Dom Mussoline, Chris Bruno, Matt Karnish and Mike Grega competed for the Colts, clocking a time of 3:38.31. Bruno's split of 53.76 the best of the four. Transit Tech of Brooklyn, N.Y. won the heat in 3:26.36, while St. Elizabeth Tech (Santa Cruz, Jamaica) had the top overall time of 3:13.28.

On Friday, Marian's boys 400-meter relay team finished third in their heat, and 157th overall, during the high school small school event.

Sam Tomlin, Mussoline, Nick Sully and Bruno finished their heat in 45.80 seconds, with Manchester Township (Manchester, N.J.) winning the heat in 44.80. The team from St. Jago in St. Catherine, Jamaica, had the top overall time at 41.42.

On Thursday, former Crestwood and current George Mason standout Mandissa Marshall was third in the pole vault (14-1.25) and Penn State junior Shelley Black (Coughlin) placed 37th in the 400 hurdles in 1:02.84.

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